"The greatest good is that which is chosen in spite of fear."

"What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears."

"It is not poverty that is feared, but the opinion about poverty."

"You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will."

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."